Chapter 1467
Siege Unstoppable [4]
Chapter 1467 Siege Unstoppable [4]
"Hey, go and inform them right away! Commander Chu, hurry up and check the goods and let them pass!" Uncle Qin shouted, got on the mule cart, and said to Zhu Liushi, "Zhu Liu, let's go to the third sentry post."
"Hey, Second Master, sit down." Zhu Liushi whipped the mule, and the mule took off running. In no time, they reached the third sentry post, where he hurriedly stopped the mule cart.
Uncle Qin shouted at the sentry post.
Tiger Girl, the head of the female soldiers, came out and, after hearing the message, replied, "The master has already instructed the female soldiers to dig trenches and make fire lines about half a mile inside the city wall."
It must have been agreed upon by the Qin family and Commander Jiang. The ditch had just been dug when Commander Jiang delivered pine and tung oil.
Before long, Jiang Dalang, led by Chu Baihu and the others, brought the pine and tung oil to the third sentry post. After a registration and inspection, the items were moved into the third sentry post by Hu Niang and the others.
"Let my mother, my wife, and my niece all come out! I have some last words to say!" Uncle Qin shouted, not afraid of actually cursing himself to death.
"Received!" Tiger Girl, the female soldier leader, led the female soldiers past four sentry posts and arrived at the ditch, where they met Qin Xiaomi.
"Keep the tung oil for firearms, pour in the pine oil, and get the fire going as quickly as possible." Qin Xiaomi looked at the bundles of wild grass, dry branches, firewood, charcoal, and other fuels in the ditch, and was not very satisfied: "They don't burn for long."
Zhu Liushi's wife then asked, "Master, can we cook here? It would be such a waste of firewood to not use this firewood for cooking."
simple!
"No, violators will be punished under military law!" Qin Xiaomi explained, "The fire belt is used to drive away poisonous insects. If you come here to cook and get bitten by a poisonous insect, you'll get sick!"
Zhu Liushi's wife got scared and quickly assured him, "Yes, yes, we will definitely stay far away from here."
Because Zhu Liushi and his wife were contracted servants of the Qin family, they were considered reliable and easy to work with. So, after signing a confidentiality agreement for their weapons, they came to Mushan to help.
They only help with errands and general chores, and do not handle any sharp tools manufacturing.
Qin Xiaomi took a step back three meters and pointed to the ground beneath her feet, saying, "Dig a one-meter-wide ditch here, pour in water and quicklime, and make a second insect-repelling strip... Firewood, pine oil, and tung oil are all survival resources and should not be used indiscriminately, but quicklime will generate high temperatures when it comes into contact with water, which can also be used to repel live insects."
"Yes!" Ye Xifen accepted the order, lit the fire, and then led her female soldiers to where Qin Xiaomi was standing to dig a ditch and make a lime-repellent strip.
"Master, it's not safe here. You should go back first and leave it to us." Ye Xifen sincerely persuaded... Persistence pays off. As long as she was sincere enough, she could make the master lower his guard and let her get in touch with the core of the weapon.
Even just getting involved in the core production of guns is good!
The lady would be very pleased if she could learn even one of them.
Ring ring! Grandma Qin rang the bell at the guard post behind: "Xiaomi, second son's wife, come back when you're done. Grandma has something important to tell you!"
Qin Xiaomi: "..."
Grandma, did you learn your lie from Uncle?
Aunt Qin also complained, "Your second uncle has corrupted your grandmother."
Zhu Liushi's wife suppressed a laugh, but was also quite surprised. She was indeed becoming bolder and bolder. Even in the desperate situation of the enemy besieging the city and poisoning it, she still had the urge to laugh.
Then look at Qin Xiaomi in front of her... It's because the boss is capable that he gave these servants a sense of security, which is why she didn't collapse in this desperate situation.
"Let's go back." Qin Xiaomi left with Da Xing, Da Yi, Er Fen, Xiao Zhen, Lian Niangzi, and other female assassins given to her by Madam Guan.
Stars divide the universe, wings connect the heavens, from south to north, mountains and rivers run through… The female assassins' titles, each with twelve members, now mostly reside in the Twilight Mountain Weapon Workshop, openly or secretly protecting her and her family. *Whoosh whoosh whoosh!*
Before leaving their post, Qin Xiaomi and the others were splashed with medicine and silently counted to three hundred. Only after the medicine had been effective for a sufficient period of time were they allowed to leave their post.
Upon seeing Grandma Qin, Qin Xiaomi said, "Grandma, please use a different excuse next time, otherwise I'll keep falling for it, which makes me look stupid."
Grandma Qin blushed and interrupted, "Hurry up and go see your second uncle. He has some last words to say. After he finishes speaking, we can rush back and hide in the house to avoid those poisonous insects."
Qin Xiaomi: "..."
If she really believed that, Uncle Qin would have died countless times over.
The grandmother and grandson, along with Aunt Qin, quickly boarded the open mule cart... To prevent fleas and lice from getting into the gaps in the cart canopy, many vehicles in Mushan had their canopies removed, leaving only the cart planks.
Jingle Bell!
"Second son, we're here!" Grandma Qin called out, then quickly stopped pretending and shouted to the tallest figure in the crowd, "Don't be afraid, eldest son, it's just the enemy besieging the city. Your grandpa Qin fought in battles when he was young and has been through it all. Our Great Wei soldiers can turn danger into safety!"
"Xiaomi has also brought you something, so just say what you want to say!"
Qin Xiaomi: "..."
It doesn't matter anymore. We're Wei people now. Let's fight together first. We can settle other grudges after we survive!
“Grandma Qin, we’re not afraid.” Jiang Dalang’s tongue was a little stiff, and his speech was slightly incoherent. He glanced at Qin Xiaomi out of the corner of his eye and continued to say to Grandma Qin, “The assassins and eunuchs have turned the enemy’s poisoning position into a mess. Many of the enemy must have been infected, so we don’t need to be too afraid of this plague. The enemy and we all only have one life.”
"Hey, our eldest son is right!" Grandma Qin was relieved to see that he wasn't afraid; yet she was also heartbroken that he had to go through such life-or-death situations at such a young age.
She and her husband only hoped that their younger generation could live a peaceful and healthy life, but why is it so difficult?
"You need to hurry up with the production of the long-range cannons. The cannons for the eunuchs still have too short a range..." Qin Xiaomi took out the map of the Eastern Desert army's formation distribution that the Wei army had scouted, stared at the area where the red-haired man was, and said, "The distance from the enemy's front line to the location of the enemy's eldest prince is at least five li; even if the distance between the enemy's ranks is shortened during the decisive battle, the distance between the enemy's eldest prince's position and the enemy's front line is at least three li..."
She looked at Jiang Dalang: "You must make a long-range cannon, otherwise even if we risk our lives to charge into battle, we won't be able to kill the enemy commander!"
Through the enemy's shouts and west Liuer's confession, the Wei army learned that the commander of the Eastern Desert army was the Divine Prince.
The eldest prince of the enemy is extremely important because of his connection with the gods.
Therefore, as long as the Great Wei can kill this charlatan prince, even if the Northeast Province is lost, it will be unlikely that the enemy will be able to regroup their forces and morale to attack the heartland of the Great Wei.
The soldiers and civilians of the Northeast Prefecture truly protected the Great Wei.
but……
"Taking the enemy commander's head from among hundreds of thousands of troops is extremely difficult; we must develop a long-range cannon."
"Don't worry, Xiaomi, we will definitely be able to make the longest-range cannon and kill the enemy's eldest prince!" Jiang Dalang assured her, and even put the task of making the cannon on the two of them.
Grandma Qin couldn't understand, but she was comforted and looked at the two of them with a smile, saying, "Our Xiaomi and Dalang are so smart, if they work together for a few days, they will definitely be able to figure out that long cannon."
He glared at Uncle Qin, who was about to speak, and said, "Shut up! The experts from our hometown and the legendary Physician Xun have both said that this is the blessing of our ancestors, to save future generations and to give them a spiritual connection so that they can create powerful weapons to protect the country!"